Integrated Learnings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Like any skilled craftsman, a skilled e-learning developer will be a master at picking the right tool for the job to save time and provide the best possible user experience when given a client's set of requirements for a project. sometimes a skilled craftsman has to put down the power tools and go back to the wrench.

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 11, 2011

Most instructional design models (and several posts on this blog) state the need for on-the-job reinforcement of newly learned skills from training. After all, wouldn’t the organization ultimately hold that manager accountable for ensuring that the new behaviors that increase revenue, save money, or reduce risk actually occur?

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 2, 2013

Want to develop your technical skills? To sharpen your Lectora skills, take a peek at the posts linked below. Those looking to further their Captivate skills can benefit from these posts: Tips for Importing from PowerPoint to Captivate. Lectora has been one of the most frequently recurring topics on the blog this year.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Well, it turns out that these games teach basic strategy skills that can be used during a conflict. So the series of games were designed to teach skills that would build off of one another. Games should be designed so that skills are hard to master. What would a computer at NORAD learn from these games?

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 11, 2012

I recently joined a project that involves designing a series of eLearning games to teach sales skills. Or, you could create individual challenges within the game that illustrate examples and non-examples of a skill or concept they must learn. --6 By Shelley A. 6 and 7-- Elicit performance (practice) and provide feedback.

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Integrated Learnings

JUNE 24, 2010

A handful of instructional design models offer formulas for assembling training in a way that captures learners’ attention, conveys content, and provides learners with an opportunity to practice and receive feedback on new skills. Prompt learners to practice using newly learned skills and knowledge. Here are the events: Gain attention.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 26, 2011

That we must spend a lot of time presenting information before skills practice occurs. A simulation-type of skill assessment is ideal here. At a glance, it may seem as though the first five events are telling-oriented, or invoke passive learning tactics. And then the grand finale of hands-on activities begins at the sixth event.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 24, 2013

Using the technology for hands on activities – If you are training job-related skills that use the iPad, you can take advantage of some great hands-on activities to learn these skills. Instructors can even invest around $25 in a VGA cable to project the iPad in front of the class to demonstrate these skills.

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Integrated Learnings

MARCH 11, 2010

When I first started working in training, I'd usually ask the client exactly what skills and knowledge needed to be refreshed. Instead of simply asking what skills to refresh, I now know to determine the client's broader goals and where the current state is relative to that. I've wised up since then.

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Integrated Learnings

APRIL 6, 2010

When a client asked our team to develop a sales skills enhancement course, we opted to base the training on the methods of the most successful sales person in the department. We included her stories to demonstrate key skills, and we used her stories as the foundation for a few problem-centered lessons. It worked like a charm.

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 3, 2011

Teach life skills with sports skills. If we take that coaching approach to incorrectly answered questions, then we can also apply some of the principles my friend learned about coaching a soccer team. Below are a few of the coaching nuggets he shared with me and how I apply them to eLearning.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

First, I'll acknowledge that the ideal type of level 2 training evaluation is a skill assessment that simulates actual, observable job tasks. In some cases, a quiz might be the next best type of level 2 assessment if the resources available to you don't support a more robust skill assessment. By Shelley A. Here's a few reasons.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 18, 2012

Simply writing “bad” statements as distracters misses an opportunity to show learners valid examples and non-examples of applying a skill. Although instructional designers with plenty of experience may feel that the suggestions above are relatively basic, the truth is that most people have to work at developing this skill.

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Integrated Learnings

APRIL 27, 2011

Typically, this “soft skill” type of training is delivered by instructor led training (ILT). Can we use eLearning to teach some of these soft skills that are required by leadership in a corporate environment? Are you in a position where you develop instructional materials for a leadership/management audience? But what about eLearning?

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 15, 2013

Suppose an eLearning lesson teaches sales skills, and a scenario-based question challenges learners to present a product’s benefits to a customer. This seemed like a clever way to prompt learners to reflect on their learning and potentially recognize mistakes themselves. Show the consequences of decisions.

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Integrated Learnings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Teaching employees the knowledge and skill needed to change their behaviors so that the organization can meet its goals. I think most of us in training understand the importance of allowing people to apply newly learned knowledge and skills on the job as soon as possible in order to ensure that it sticks. K = Knowledge to change.

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Integrated Learnings

DECEMBER 5, 2012

A challenge is where you put all your skills to use to beat an opponent. The challenge pushes you beyond your current skill level. As a boy growing up in a neighborhood full of kids, I understood the importance of a challenge. It is something to prepare for and something to learn from.

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Integrated Learnings

DECEMBER 28, 2009

Does the content involve interpersonal skills? Interpersonal skills (such as handling customer complaints, interviewing, public speaking, etc.) can rarely be fully developed in an eLearning environment.

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Integrated Learnings

APRIL 25, 2012

You could have learners complete eLearning with a case study today, and then practice those same skills with another case study exercise tomorrow. Consider designing a course in which some of the practice occurs the next day.

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Integrated Learnings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

In addressing this habit, Covey emphasizes active listening skills and empathy. As with any profession, we need to invest in ourselves and continue to develop our skills. Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. After you understand someone, you can better relate to that person and help that individual understand you.

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Integrated Learnings

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Such a population would likely look forward to training, proactively request clarification as needed, and eagerly apply newly learned skills on the job. Imagine if all your learners fit the definition of the “engaged” employee. So how can organizations foster a culture of employee engagement?

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 6, 2013

For lower confidence scores or challenging aspects of the content, you can ask learners to identify ways they can further develop those skills to improve their confidence. With this approach, you might follow up with questions that prompt them to list aspects of the content that were especially easy and/or challenging. Social accountability.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 14, 2010

How will learners practice newly learned skills and receive feedback? As with the item above, it may help to provide stakeholders with specific examples of how learners will apply newly learned skills and receive feedback on their performance in the eLearning environment. What resources will be available to learners?

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Integrated Learnings

MAY 30, 2012

When learners practice skills with problem-based scenarios, those scenarios are likely to include realistic triggers from a story, a learner’s mental models, and the work environment. Schema theory also supports the effectiveness of stories and scenarios in learning. A compelling story can help create, or dramatically build, a schema itself.

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 29, 2010

For example, when starting training related to customer service skills, you might ask learners to recall their own experiences of receiving good and/or bad service and identify the characteristics of those experiences. --2-- So what can we do to stimulate recall of prior knowledge in an eLearning lesson? --1--

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Integrated Learnings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Regardless of whether these questions appear in a guide, most seasoned trainers have the experience to recognize the value in debriefing an activity and the skill to facilitate it. Facilitator guides tend to include questions along these lines. How does a debrief add value?

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Integrated Learnings

DECEMBER 28, 2011

If one of your new year’s resolutions is to enhance your eLearning development skills, check out what’s relevant from the posts below. and goes on to describe its advantages and drawbacks. We have also featured several tool-specific, how-to posts on the blog this year. Do you develop in PowerPoint? Custom Branching Navigation with PowerPoint.

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 24, 2011

This is often (though not always) the case with soft skills. In the grand scheme of things, those behaviors impact key performance indicators, which we can assess as part of evaluating training’s effectiveness…but I still have some behaviors not clearly associated with a statistic. So do you drop the criterion? Definitely not!

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Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

From your analysis efforts at the start of the project, you likely have a sense of how a particular scenario should be structured and what skills it should prompt learners to exercise. You might even know which situations to base the scenarios on.

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 26, 2011

We want to create learning environments where we can get people to be responsible for the whole learning experience by social interaction and support in learning new skills. We all learn from and rely on each other for our learning. eLearning and Geodesic Thinking.

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Integrated Learnings

MARCH 2, 2011

Provide a play “sandbox” where transitioning learners can practice new skills as they have time to practice. Set up an expert panel about a month after the transition and arrange for them to be available for a mini webinar or Q&A session. Allow learners to call in with their questions or participate in the webinar.

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Integrated Learnings

JULY 11, 2012

These acquired skills will need to be practice and may require coaching. These learners often have specific procedures to follow and need to know how to use specialized equipment or systems. High calorie learning will contain specific information which is vital to performance. Low Calorie.

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Integrated Learnings

JANUARY 18, 2011

It could enhance your resume if you are able to "talk" development with knowledge and skill. Helps you to know what is possible to do with the program so that you are inspired as you write and design content. You won't ever take development for granted!

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Integrated Learnings

JUNE 1, 2010

Including the learner’s name in your Lectora course can take many forms, such as 'Welcome to computer skills training, John.'. In this post, we'll look at using the learner’s name in your course content.

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Integrated Learnings

APRIL 13, 2011

Are learners meeting the stated objectives (typically via quizzes , practice activities, skill assessments, etc.)? Level 1 : Learner opinions. Did they like the training? Level 2 : Performance during training. Level 3 : Performance on the job. Are they demonstrating the expected behaviors on the job?

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Integrated Learnings

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Considering a quick example, suppose that a sales team is scheduled to complete an eLearning course on sales skills in June. After identifying the anticipated impact of the various other factors identified, training can take credit for any additional improvement in performance.

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Integrated Learnings

OCTOBER 11, 2011

However, it is ineffective at truly testing a learner’s skill, as it is guided. It is a safe environment where the learner can make mistakes without interfering with actual customer information in a live system. The difference is that there is no guidance.

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